ENCYCLOPEDIA OF THE BIBLE AND ITS RECEPTION
Edited by
Hans-Josef Klauck, Bernard McGinn, Choon-Leong Seow, Hermann Spieckermann, Barry Dov Walfish, Eric Ziolkowski
in cooperation with
Dale Allison, Diane Apostolos-Cappadona, Donna Bowman, Brian Britt, Michael Cameron, Ran HaCohen, Jamey Deming, Martin Forward, Peter Gemeinhardt, Haim Goldfus, Menachem Kellner, Ann E. Killebrew, David W. Kling, Volker Leppin, Paul Mendes-Flohr, Martti Nissinen, Dennis T. Olson, Nils Holger Petersen, S. Brent Plate, Christine Roy Yoder, Thomas Römer, Günter Stemberger, Marvin A. Sweeney, Johan C. Thom, David R. Thomas, Samuel Vollenweider, Jan G. van der Watt, Sidnie White Crawford
Name
Prof. Dr. Hermann Spieckermann
Function
Professor of Old Testament
Address
Georg-August-University
Theological Faculty
Platz der Goettinger Sieben 2
D-37073 Goettingen
Germany
Telephone +49-(0)551-7118
Fax +49-(0)551-2228
E-Mail Hermann.Spieckermann@theologie.uni-goettingen.de
Homepage at University http://www.theologie.uni-goettingen.de/ger/hermannspieckermann.htm
Biography
Born 1950; Dr. theol. 1982 and Habilitation 1987 at Goettingen University; Professor of Old Testament at Zurich University 1989-1992, at Hamburg University 1992-1999, at Goettingen University since 1999; dean of the Theological Faculty of Hamburg University in 1995-1997; guest-professorship at the Pontifical Biblical Institute in Rome in 1999; honorary doctorate of the University of Lund in 2000; regular member of the Academy of Sciences in Goettingen since 2002; member of the board of the International Organization for the Study of the Old Testament (IOSOT) since 2004; currently speaker of the DFG Research Training Group (GK 896) „Images of Gods, of God and of the World“; currently dean of the Theological Faculty of Goettingen University.
Main fields of research: history of religion in the Ancient Near East and in the Mediterranean world; prayers and wisdom literature in the Old Testsament and in Antiquity; Biblical Theology and hermeneutics; major encyclopedical enterprises.